> > "Alliterate" is a verb. Used as an adjective, it becomes > "alliterative," and it describes words that alliterate. The L's in > "alliterate" and "dullard" are alliterative, as are the D's in > "dullard." "Aliterate," with one L, is not an English word, though it > might be used to connote "non" instead of "il" with the word "literate." Well, we're both wrong. Courtesy of www.m-w.com: Main Entry: alit.er.a.cy Pronunciation: "A-'li-t&r-&-"sE, &-' Function: noun Date: 1984 : the quality or state of being able to read but uninterested in doing so - alit.er.ate /-'li-t&r-&t/ adjective or noun I'll go clean that up right now. > I thought there might be other letters from the legal people--perhaps > ones that, for whatever reason, you had to leave out of the exchange. > Portions of your second letter seem to suggest that you specifically > heard that Salinger himself wanted the Holden Server shut down, but the > brief interdiction from Byrne doesn't exactly say so. Was there not > even so much as an acknowledgment of your second letter? Sort of makes > the Ober side even more pathetic. No acknowledgement, though a few months later I did send him a brief "So, you changed your mind yet?" to which he replied with a brief "no." L. { Luke Seemann }{ http://i.am/not_for_hire }{ (408) 942-0428 }